Ghalghoul: a neighborhood erased
Before and after pictures were at the heart of the project to rebuild downtown Beirut following the Lebanese…
One of Beirut’s oldest blocks demolished
What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d’Arc street will soon be…
Join events this week to help save Beirut heritage sites
Beirut activists are fighting hard to preserve two of the city’s key heritage sites and you can support…
Historic Laziza brewery demolition begins, can it be stopped?
A number of images are appearing on social media today documenting the demolition of one of Lebanon’s…
Demolition of Art Deco building resumes, despite governor’s order
Two years ago the Governor of Beirut issued an order to stop demolition of this historically listed Art…
Inside Beit Beirut
Beit Beirut, Lebanon’s first memory museum, is finally getting ready to open its doors. After at least a…
Campaign to save “Red House”
It seems everywhere you turn in Hamra, there is a new tower coming up. None of them affordable…
Losing Aabrine, erasing a neighborhood
Gabriel Daher, who is known for posting beautiful images of old Beirut, posted something a bit different today.…
Jack’s (abandoned) Hideaway
This place has been closed for as long as I can remember. It’s located on the bottom floor…
Lost interiors: Inside Lords Hotel for the last time
I managed to capture the final moments of Lord’s Hotel this afternoon. The gradual destruction of this 1950s…